Dusting-brush.



No. 886,046. PATENTED APR. 28, 1908. R. N. FIOKBTT.

DUSTING BRUSH.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 28,1907.

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DUSTING-BRUSH.

Application filed May 28. 1907.

T 0 all whom it ma 1 concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD N. FIOKETT, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State ofGeorgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dusting-Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brushing and scrubbing and particularly to asub-class thereunder known as dusting brushes, the said invent-ion beingdesigned as an improvement on the patent to E. S. Winn, which issuedNovember 1S, 1902, and numbered 713,827, an interest in said patenthaving been assigned to this applicant.

An object of this invention is to provide novel means for producing abrush of the character set forth in the said patent with an' improvementconsisting of a wooden handle having a wire connection therewith, thesaid wire serving to retain the strips of paper forming the brush,thereby producing a paper brush with a Wooden handle with a joint be.-tween the brush and handle designed to prevent wear at the joint andobviating any play between the handle and brush when manipulated.

A further object of this invention is to produce a handle of the,character noted, having a transversely disposed aperture andlongitudinally disposed recesses extending from the aperture to the endof the handle, the said recesses forming the seats for a wire having itslooped central portion extending through an aperture but having asuitable length of wire on each side of the looped section lying in therecesses.

Furthermore, it is an object of this invention to provide novel meansfor retaining the sections of the wire in the recesses. I may accomplishthis latter result in two ways, first by the use of a ferrule embracingthe two sections of the wire or I may, by simply twisting the twosections of the wire at the end of the handle, draw the sections of thewire within the recesses or seats and retain them therein through theengagement of the two sections of the wire.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention. in detail, ref- Specification of LettersPatent.

.wire in their seats.

Patented April 28, 1908.

Serial No. 376.149.

crence will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of thisspecification wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in theseveral views, in which Figure 1, is a view in perspective of theinvention. Fig. 2, is a view in elevation, partly in section. Fig. 3, isa fragmentary view of a modification. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectionalview of the ferrule employed in this invention.

In the drawings A, denotes a handle of any ordinary construction, thoughit is preferable to have it suitably ornamented, the said handle beingprovided with a transversely disposedv aperture B, near its inner endand longitudinally disposed recesses C, extending from the aperture tothe inner end of the handle the said recesses being designed as seatsfor the wire tie D, provided for holding the strips of paper forming thebrush E.

The wire tie consists of a length of wire doubled on itself to form acentral loop d, which lies in the transversely disposed aperture of thehandle and. the sections of the wire shown at (1, immediately on eachside of the loop lie in the recesses C, extending from the aperture tothe end of the handle.

As shown in Fig. l, the sections of the wire are connected by a ferruleF, which has its outer edge turned over the end of the handle exceptwhere the said ferrule passes over the wire. At these points the ferruleis cupped slightly as shown at G, to embrace the wire in order thatundue play may be obviated. The ferrule retains the sections in theirseats and prevents splitting of the handle.

In the form shown in Fig. 3, the ferrule is dispensed with and the twosections of the wire H, are bent to lie approximately parallel with theends of the handle I; the said sections of the wire being twistedcentrally of the handle to retain the sections of the The initial twistis for the purpose, as stated, of retaining the wire in engagement withthe handle while the subsequent twists thereof are for the urpose ofengaging and retaining the paper orming the brush.

What I claim is: (I

In a dusting brush, a handle having a transversely disposed aperture andlongitudinally disposed recesses extending from the apertures to the endof the handle, a length of wire bent centrally to form a loop, thelooped portion lying in the aperture, the

sections of the wire adjaeent the looped porplay and strips of paperinterposed between tion lying in the recesses of the handle the the saidtwisted sections. said wire overl ng the end of the handle and Intestimony whereof I affix my signature twisted centra y of the handle toact as a in the resence of two witnesses tlus 20th- 5 retaining meansfor Elieh wire anld handle, the day of v say, 1907.

remaining portion 0 t e Wire eing twisted 1 together, a ferruleembracing the handle and RICHARD B IOKETT' having its outer edge turnedover the end of Witnesses: said handle, said ferrule being cupped to em-R. N. FIGKETT, J12, 10 brace the Wire to hold the Wire against undue O.P. HERNDEN.

